iTunes LPs Smart Playlist   To make a Smart Playlist to show all of your iTunes LPs, simply use: “Kind” contains “iTunes LP” And you'll want to make sure auto update is checked. by dfbills on Sep 12 | 12:24 pm [0] comments (541 views) |  [0] Trackbacks

SuperGenius   I’m probably the only person on my block who cares, but here’s my latest iTunes Pro Tip. In iTunes 8, your smart playlists can now use this rule: Playlist is Genius You can combine this with other rules in awesome ways, like Rating is 5 stars - Get yourself a Genius list of songs you already love. Rating is 0 stars - Genius list of songs you’ve never rated. I’m jamming out with this setup right now: Genius (100 songs), filtered through a Ratings is 0 smart playlist, played through Party Shuffle so I can rate songs as they play. I’m also using CoverSutra to show album art and metadata on my desktop and to scrobble to last.fm, plus I Love Stars to show/change ratings right from my menubar. by Matthew Glover on Sep 11 | 3:59 pm [0] comments (1507 views) |  [0] Trackbacks

"Video Kind" broken in iTunes 7.5   From Apple Support today: iTunes 7.5 for Mac: Criteria of "Video Kind" in Smart Playlist not saved Creating a new Smart Playlist or editing an existing playlist with the criteria of "Video Kind" will result in no matches from your iTunes Library because the rule for the Smart Playlist will not be saved. If you try to edit the Smart Playlist, the "Match the following rule" field will be blank or empty after you click OK. Any additional criteria that is part of the Smart Playlist will remain, but they will produce results from the entire library, not just videos. Note: Any Smart Playlists that were created prior to updating to iTunes 7.5 will continue to work as long as you don't try to edit the Smart Playlist. Products affected iTunes 7.5 Mac OS X by dfbills on Nov 16 | 9:54 pm [0] comments (2145 views) |  [0] Trackbacks

iTunes Plus tracks have new property   The new iTunes Plus tracks have a new property called "Purchased AAC". This can be used in Smart Playlists to see all the purchased iTunes Plus tracks. To do this, create a new Smart Playlist: Kind - contains - Purchased AAC by dfbills on May 31 | 12:20 pm [0] comments (2029 views) |  [0] Trackbacks

Make Your Songs Earn Their Keep   Why should your songs just be given a free ride? I make all my songs earn their place in my library and earn their ratings.This involves Making 6 playlists: 1. 5 down to 4 Match All Rating is ***** Skip Count is greater than zero This gets all five star songs that i have skipped once or more in a playlist 2. 4 down to 3 Match All Rating is **** Skip Count Is greater than one This gets all four star songs that i have skipped twice or more in a playlist 3. 3 down to 2 Match All Rating is *** Skip Count is greater than two This gets all three star songs that i have skipped three times or more in a playlist 4. 2 Down to 1 Match All Rating is ** Skip Count is greater than three This gets all two star songs that i have skipped three times or more in a playlist 5. Out The Door Match All Rating is * Skip Count is Greater than four This gets all one star songs that i have skipped four or more times in a playlist 6. Rating Down Playlist Match Any Playlist is 5 down to 4 Playlist is 4 down to 3 Playlist is 3 down to 2 Playlist is 2 down to 1 Playlist is Out The Door You can change the values if you like however I think it makes sense for a higher ranked song to be skipped less. You will find that you will rank songs higher because you know that if you end up not liking a song you will drop the rating on it anyway. by Aaron Moss on Apr 24 | 2:13 am [10] comments (3585 views) |  [0] Trackbacks

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